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A comment made by my chiropractor - quite a relief!

I just thought I'd share this with you guys. I thought I was really "out there" choosing not to vaccinate. But apparently, our numbers are growing across the US. My chiropractor told me the other day that 40% of parents today don't vaccinate!! 40%!! That's awesome! He said that even 5 years ago we would have been in the extreme minority. But today it's more common than we think to choose not to vaccinate. Go us!

I would double check that stat. Maybe he meant 40% of his clients or 40% of the clients who get chiropractic care.

I know the numbers are rising...otherwise there wouldn't be such an uproar from the big-wigs. When was there a time that they were advertising vaccines on TV? Or celebrities urging parents to vaccinate?

Either you misunderstood or he misquoted. There is no way 40% of parents in the US don't vax their children. You might be able to say 40% of parents do not do ALL vax on schedule, or maybe you live in a very cruchy town in Oregon that may have stats like that.

Well it all depends on the area of the country you are in.
Personally around here NEPA, I was told it is like 20% don't at all and
another 20% delay/selective vax (total of 40%). The rates are
definitely going up and that is why there is more and more of a
push in the media about it.

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